Recovery and resilience: rebuilding Avalon Farm
When I first visited Tony and Jenny Maddern’s Avalon Farm for a cover story in August 2021, I found it remarkable how lush, fertile,...
Muchea matters
Muchea has joined the Town Team Movement! A Town Team is a proactive group of positive doers working together to improve an area or...
Vitamin D deficiency
Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most common deficiencies in the world. Vitamin D is made in the body when skin is exposed...
Elevate and celebrate…
It's easy to forget the size of the Wheatbelt when you hover on the western fringe as we do here in the Northern Valleys....
2023 Moora Toyota Moora Cup
On Saturday 7 October, on an unusually hot spring day, a crowd of approx. 800 patrons attended the Annual Moora Toyota Moora Cup. The...
Marvick shines over east
A very proud Mark Andrew and Vickie Shina of Marvick Farm returned from their Eastern States junket last week armed with two new trophies...
Sky-high shenanigans
Just the other week, my aunt – who lives in Jurien Bay, was telling me how she returned home in the afternoon to find...
It’s good for the goose!
A much-loved member of the Cocking family — and local legend — Nigel the Goose has taken out Champion Bird at this year’s Moora...
Maxine shares impact of her Blue Tree tattoo with project founder
In May 2022, the NVN featured an article on Bullsbrook resident Maxine Aitken’s unique take on The Blue Tree concept. Maxine has a tattoo...
Bindoon Primary School’s Six Seasons Garden
It was perfect Djilba morning at Bindoon Primary School for the official opening of their Six Seasons Garden on Monday 11 September.
Two years in...
Oils ain’t oils
Tourists may be tripping over themselves to capture the perfect Instagram moment in yellow-splashed paddocks, but when it comes to dressing our salads, it’s...
NVN goes to Google!
What do the Financial Times, 9 Now and the Northern Valleys News have in common? We all contributed as presenters and panellists at the...
